Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-08-20
SECTIONS BY SOILS.
Something of the Natural Division
Through Variety of Lands.

tinolsly prolhc bearers. All along on the
Colusa side of the river there are old and
new orchards on the alluvium that have
fruit trees that in size rival the surround
ing forest trees, and they have been as
fruitful, considering the care bestowed
upon them, Us General BidwelPs. This allu-
vial soil is well adapted TO all kinds of tree
fruits. All kinds of pear trees flourish
here and grow to great size, and are annu-
ally loaded with fruit Apricots, peaches
soil required for successful yield Of fruit
Small fruits also do well and yield abund-
antly In this alluvial belt there are at
least 250, 900 acres of
UNEQUALED ORCHARD AND VINEYARD
SOIL,
The most of which is now in grain, and
which will be sold in lots to suit purchas-
ers. This is the same character of soil as
that on which the famous orchards of
Butte, Sutter and Sacramento counties
grow, and from which millions of pounds
of frnit are now being shipped to Eastern
markets. But this alluvial belt of land
does not need to go abroad for proof of its
adaptability to fruit growing. There are
abundant proofs in the fine orchards in this
belt
SOME OF THE FRUIT FARMS.
i. f. Moulton, on his home place, eight
miles northeast OF Colusa, has 125 acres in
fine trees and vines, adjoining Colusa he
has eighty acres of trees, below Colrisa two
miles he has fifty acres OF fruit trees, and
on the plains four miles east of Colusa he
has forty acres of vines. In all he has 295
acres of lourishing vines and trees. j B.
De Jarna;t two miles north, has ninety
acres of alfalfa, twelve acres of trees and
twenty-five acres Of vines, all loaded with
fruit or grapes. The growth and yield of
fruit cannot be eXcelled anywhere. n.
Cutler has 10 acres of orchard, DR.. r.
A. Gray has 40 acres trees and vines, f.
Davis, 20 acres trees and vines B.
Mereery, l03 acres trees and vines Milton
Cutter, 20 acres trees and vines Bridg-
ford Il Mulligan, 90 acres trees and vines
and 80 acres alfalfa; |. II. Pope, 20
acres trees and vines; l.. l.. Hicok, 40
acres alfalfa and so acres OF trees and
vines; II. II. Hicok has 40 acres of fruit
trees and 20 acres of vines; A. +.
Potter has so acres of alfalfa and 10
acres of fruit and vines Smell & Richer.
1870 acres alfalfa and 10 acres Of fruit
trees w. I. Ford has 20 acres of fruit
trees and 20 acres of vines Mrs J. NJ.
Banks, 10 acres of trees and vines: Mrs.
Bradtield, 20 acres trees and vines; f. NJ
Putnano, 20 acres trees and vines d.
Shephardson, 10 acres trees and vines: J.
II. 1otman, 80 acres trees and vines W.
\. ilurd, 10 acres trees and vines; Mrs.
Tell, IN acres trees and vines: John Deter,
120 aC1'es alfalfa and 90 acres fruit trees (;
f. J. Coleman has 10 acres alfalfa and 10
trees of vines; Stewart Harris, 40 acres
alfalfa and 10 acres of trees and vines /;
Henry Ahlf has 10 acres trees and vines !:
Dr. W. II. Belton, 23 acres Of alfalfa; H..
klurs, has so acres alfalfa; De Jarnat n
Co, 40 acres alfalfa Noah Scrosgins, 90
acres alfalfa Thos Watt, 10 acres trees
and vines. All these orchards, vineyards
and alfalfa fields are on the alluvial belt.
near Colusa City, within Il small radius.
All over the belt, for sixty miles north and
south, there are other orchards and vine
yards, giving the best evidence of the
complete adaptability of this soil and
climate to the raising of fruit at great
profit. Any industrious family which
settles on this belt of land and plants vines
and fruit trees will make fortune.
TIE BROWN LOAN BELT.
This belt is next west of the alluvium
and extends to the first foothills There
are many successful orchards and VINEYARDS
on this soil. The Northern California
Railway bisects this belt, and all the towns
on the line of that road are located along
its central line. Around the dwellings of
all these towns, commencing on the north
at Orland, and including Germantown.
Willows, 1.ogandale, Norman, Delaware,
Maxwell, Williams, Berlin, Arbuckle and
College City, there are orchards and vine
yards that show thrifty growths and
abundant yields Of fruit and grapes. There
can be little doubt that with thorough
cultivation good results can be obtained
from orchards and vineyards on this belt.
THE FooTHLL BELT
Extends west of the brown loan belt for
fifteen miles. The soil is clay loan
mixed with small quantity of sand in
places. The soil is the same as is found in
Lagunita, Vaca, Pleasants, Putah and
Capay valleys. 1t is deep, warm and fer
tile. There are the same sheltered valleys
hidden in the sixty miles of Colusa foot
hills as are found in the famous Vaca fruit
district. There are hundreds of these
beautiful valley gems, "like n string of
pearls, each one beyond Kings ransom"
They have been farmed for more than a
quarter of a century, and have Yielded g
golden return to the husbandmen every
year. Like the Vaca soils, they hold
moisture and require no irrigation. There
are many small family orchards on this
belt, and they present luxuriant growth
of trunk and branches, and the
FRUIT Is LARGE SNOWY, AND FINE-FLA-
voRED.
From the fact that it is grown on the
foothills without irrigation, there cannot
be any doubt as 10 its shipping quality.
Among these foothill valleys, there is An
telope valley, in the southern part of the
foothills. 1t is well sheltered, and has
thousands of acres Of fruit and vine land.
The narrow gauge railroad runs the whole
length of it. North of it are Hunter
valley, Garnett valley, Murdoch valley.
Tifiee's valley, Clark's valley, Durham val
ley, French valley, Walker valley, and
Stony Creek valley, and hundred more
sheltered spots, almost unequalled for fruit
and yine-growing The West Side and
Mendocino Railroad, branching from Will
lows west, gives good transportation for these
valleys from Hunter valley north. There
are orchards and vineyards in these valleys
and on the hillsides, which, for growth and
yield, are unexcelled on the Pacific coast.
1t is claimed by the orchardists that there
is seldom any frost in these valleys, even
in December or January, and that they are
so sheltered from north and ocean winds.
that the fruit and vegetables are as
early as in the favored Vaca district. West
of this foothill belt are the
HIGH VALLEYS OF THE UPPER sroyY
AND BEAR CREEKS.
These two valleys are sixty miles long.
and from one 10 ten miles wide, and they
grow apples, pears, peaches, plums, apricots
and cherries to perfection. In sll these